Teen charged in shooting incident that left his friend seriously hurt

Daquan Harris, 19. Chicago police photo

Chicago police photo

Daquan Harris, 19.

Daquan Harris, 19. (Chicago police photo)

Jennifer DelgadoTribune reporter

A Chicago teenager was ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bail Sunday after he was accused of firing a gun at a man inside a truck who then returned fire, hitting a friend of the teen last week in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood.

Daquan Harris, 19, and the man got into an argument about 1 p.m. Friday just a few houses down from where Harris lives on the 700 block of East 133rdStreet, Cook County prosecutors said. Harris pulled out a handgun and fired a shot at the man, who was driving a Chevy truck, according prosecutors and police reports.

Harris did not strike the man, and when he went to shoot again, his gun jammed, prosecutors said.

The man then pulled out a gun and fired back three times, striking Harris’ friend, who was standing nearby, in the head. The friend was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious-to-critical condition, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The bullet fractured his skull, but did not penetrate it, prosecutors said.

When Harris was arrested by detectives on Saturday, he admitted to possessing a gun and shooting at the man, police reports state.

Harris was charged with felony aggravated discharge of a firearm, but the other man has not been charged for his role in the incident, prosecutors said.